Symbols in Art (Art Essentials) (Art Essentials, 12)
By: Matthew Wilson
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Thoroughly user-friendly and covering a broad historical sweep, this book is a reference guide to f…
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1. The Spinoza Problem
By: Irvin D. Yalom
4.25
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
When sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster’s office for anti-Semitic rema… read more
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"Dom nije mjesto - to je stanje svijesti."-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem
"Omul fiind in totalitate parte a naturii, este incorect sa credem ca omul mai degraba tulbura, decat sa respecte ordinea naturii."-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem
"…It seems impossible to overestimate their capacity for irrationality. Somewhere in this world, with every blink of the eye, a fool is born."-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem
"تمام قوم اسرائیل در نگرش محترمانه خود به تورات، در همان گناهی دخیل بودند که خدا به وسیله موسی به آنها هشدار داده بود: بت برستی. در همه جا یهودیان نه بت هایی طلایی بلکه بت هایی از «کاغذ و جوهر» را می …"-Irvin D. Yalom, The Spinoza Problem
2. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- art
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3. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
4. Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more
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"Everything is gestation and then birthing."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
5. Love
By: Toni Morrison
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison's spellbinding new novel is a Faulknerian symphony of passion an… read more
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6. Little Birds
By: Anaïs Nin
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex … read more
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7. Seven Days in the Art World
By: Sarah Thornton
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Timesand The Sunday Times[London]: "An inde… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Bright Dead Things
By: Ada Limon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more
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9. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
By: Neil Gaiman
3.04
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on myriad topics--from art and artists to dreams, my… read more
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10. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
11. Vārnas
By: Laura Vinogradova
4.42
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Pie lasītājiem dodas Eiropas Savienības balvas literatūrā laureātes Lauras Vinogradovas jaunais dar… read more
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12. The Gentleman From Peru
By: André Aciman
3.56
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
It’s been 10 years since a group of college friends made a vow: that the first to get rich would re… read more
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13. Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale
By: Kate Lister
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Authored by one of the most original contemporary thinkers on the subject, this book is an enlighte… read more
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14. The Lost Rainforests of Britain
By: Guy Shrubsole
4.30
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more
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"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain
15. Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin
By: Katja Oskamp
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Katja Oskamp ist Mitte vierzig, als ihr das Leben fad wird. Das Kind ist aus dem Haus, der Mann ist… read more
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"One of the women was a blonde from Eastern Europe who wore sweaters interwoven with gold. She had the loveliest uniform out of all of us, a tunic with a cinched waist and diagonally arranged buttons.…"-Katja Oskamp, Marzahn, mon amour: Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin
16. The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
By: Orlando Figes
4.25
Format: 483 pages, Hardcover
From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic… read more
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17. I, Julian
By: Claire Gilbert
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. N… read more
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18. Looking at Pictures
By: Susan Woodford
3.90
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Beautifully illustrated with some of the world’s greatest pictures, from cave paintings and Roman m… read more
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19. Symbols in Art (Art Essentials) (Art Essentials, 12)
By: Matthew Wilson
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Thoroughly user-friendly and covering a broad historical sweep, this book is a reference guide to f… read more
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20. Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World
By: Joshua Paul Dale
3.52
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? An… read more
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21. Letters from Provence
By: Vincent van Gogh
4.28
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Moving story of Van Gogjs last years through his own words and pictures read more
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